perforation | Definition of perforation

Synonyms and Antonyms of perforation

1 a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument

during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil

Synonyms of perforation

pinhole, pinprick, prick, punch, puncture, stab

Words Related to perforation

gouge, groove, hollow

break, cut, gash, incision, laceration, notch, rent, rip, rupture, slash, slit, tear

2 a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing

poked the button through a perforation in the fabric

Synonyms of perforation

aperture, hole, opening, orifice

Words Related to perforation

breach, break, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, fissure, gash, notch, rent, rift, rupture, slash, slit, split, tear

exit, mouth, outlet, pore, vent

entrance, inlet, intake

pinhole, pinprick, punch, puncture

airhole, armhole, buttonhole, keyhole, knothole, peephole, pothole, wormhole

Near Antonyms of perforation

fill, filler, filling, patch, plug, seal, stopper

barrier, blockage, obstacle, obstruction